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"the author refers" is a perfectly acceptable phrase in written English.
You can use it to talk about a particular author's writings. For example, "The author refers to Mark Twain's famous novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in his latest book."
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When or when not? 7. On page 2, the author refers to "supper".
The author refers to these books as "the confessions of an elusive biographer".
When or when not? On page 2, the author refers to "supper".
The author refers to Wren's "inability to take a strong personal stand, with conviction, where any real risk was involved".
The author refers to "the supposed obsolescene of large-scale ground combat", reflected in official American policy and defence reviews.
In a Latin chronicle, written in 754 in Spain, the author refers to the victors of the Battle of Tours as "Europenses", Europeans.
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Does the author refer to the word again in a subsequent sentence in a different way?
Why does the author refer to him as "his party's all-but-official nominee"?
The author referred to the process of a thetan leaving its human body as "exteriorization", which he said allowed for space travel.
What underlying mechanism is the author referring to?
The study presented by the authors refers to virtualization environments in general.
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